The Beautiful You
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After the passing of his best friend, Apollo is left in an unfamiliar world, or perhaps one he never understood. Swimming, friends, and family. That was Apollo's universe. Until one day it wasn't. His friends expect too much, his parents don't talk enough, and swimming feels wrong. It only took one day for his life to change.
Isn't the world supposed to stop when the person closest to you is gone? That's what he believed. But when the realities of growing up as a Mexican-American teenager hurdle towards him, he must accept the simple fact that life goes on. This becomes abundantly clear when Amory Hartmann enters his life, forcing Apollo to face the parts of himself he intended to keep hidden. Pieces of himself he's been too afraid to share with a boy.
Will Apollo learn to leave the past behind him and move towards the future, or will his demons keep dragging him back to the darkest point of his life?
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- The Beautiful You
- One - Back to the Sun
- Two - As It Was
- Three - Creep
- Four - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
- Five - I Could Fall In Love
- Six - Arms Tonite
- Seven - Blue Side
- Eight - Starting Line
- Nine - Remember
- Ten - Cruel To Be Kind
- Eleven - Lights Up
- Twelve - a boy named pluto
- Thirteen - The Boredom Is The Reason I Started Swimming.
- Fourteen - It's Also The Reason I Started Sinking
- Fifteen - Fight or Flight
- Sixteen - April Come She Will
- Seventeen - 6/10
- Eighteen - Sea, Swallow Me
- Nineteen - The Other Side
- Twenty - i can't breathe
- Twenty-one ~ With or Without You
- Twenty-two ~ Moodswings
- Twenty-three ~ A Soulmate Who Wasn't Meant to Be
- Twenty-four ~ Useless
- Twenty-five ~ Todo Cambiรณ
- Twenty-six ~ Matilda
- Twenty-seven ~ Sunlight
- Twenty-eight ~ Lucky Strike
- Twenty-nine ~ Nobody Gets Me (Like You)
- Thirty - Can't Take My Eyes Off of You
- Thirty-one ~ Manta Rays
- Thirty-two ~ Father and Daughter
- Thirty-three ~ Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
- Thirty-four ~ Ghost of You
- Thirty-five ~ Why Do You Feel So Down
- Thirty-six ~ Boys Don't Cry
- Thirty-seven ~ Northern Attitude
- Thirty-eight ~ Not Strong Enough
- Thirty-nine ~ Making the Bed
- Forty - My Heart is Buried in Venice
- Forty-one ~ The Cut That Always Bleeds
- Forty-two ~ Diamonds
- Forty-three ~ Hyacinthus
- Forty-four ~ I Love You
- Forty-five ~ fantasmas
- Forty-six ~ Seven
- Forty-seven ~ The View Between Villages
- Forty-eight ~ Dear Friend,
- Author's Note
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